Atlantic Birding

Thank you! We don’t have any Black-veined White Butterflies in Ireland!

A Ringlet Butterfly perched on the end of a Dandelion leaf, the background is of, out of focus, wet grass

Continuing @pirritin.bsky.social Butterfly Week; here’s a Ringlet Butterfly in my meadow garden a few weeks ago.

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Lovely idea to have a Butterly week; I don’t have many Red Admirals in my archives but here’s one on a Buddleia plant from 2 years ago

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You’re more than welcome Alan. They’re a great bird to photograph

A grey Heron perched on a dead branch sticking out of the forest at the edge of the lake.

🪶 @alan678.bsky.social #BirdoftheDay today is a Grey Heron, a much loved bird
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#heron #irishbirding #naturephotography

A grey Heron in flight takes up the foreground with a scattering of reeds in front of it. The background is a wall of foliage

🪶 A Grey Heron I flushed from the riverbank

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Wow that’s bleak. I’m lucky to spend a lot of time in a woodland reserve with several lakes so I see a lot but we have our own ongoing insect collapse here too.

That’s a pity. I live in rural Ireland and see quite a few; amazing animals. I love photographing them

🪶 Insects seen in the forest this week;
1. Silver-Washed Fritillary
2. Painted Lady
3. Emperor Dragonfly
4. Peacock Butterfly

#dragonfly #dragonflies #insects #butterfly #butterflies #nature #emperor #peacock #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

A Blue Tit perched on a wet Whitethorn branch, looking up. The background is a mosaic of green

🪶 A Blue Tit in a damp Whitethorn tree

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A Wren perched on a bare branch partly facing the camera, singing. The background is largely blue sky

🪶 A Wren in full song in the sunshine.

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A juvenile Heron sits on the riverbank, watching the photographer,behind tall grasses in heavy rain. At the other side of the channel of water is a wall of dark green reeds

🪶 A juvenile Grey Heron waits for a heavy rain shower to move on, Clare, Ireland

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A fledgling Robin perched on a decaying log in the forest with a background of vegetation

🪶 A fledgling Robin perched on a log in the forest.

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A Mallard duckling in side profile, swimming in water with a mirror like reflection

🪶 A young Mallard duckling from a few weeks ago.

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A Robin perched on an exposed branch in a clump of hazel, facing the camera but with head tilted to the left, singing

🪶 A Robin singing in the Hazel

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A great egret standing in shallow water with grass in front of it. The bird and vegetation are in silhouette as the sun is behind them. The water is an orange color as the sunrise reflects on it, with a bright streak of white and yellow light that is the reflection of the sun is in direct line with the egret

Great egret at sunrise. It was happy enough with its hunting spot (a small fish can be seen in its beak) to let me line it into the reflection of the sun.

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A Cormorant catching what i think is a Perch.

Thank you!

A male Blackbird in side profile, perched on a post above a blackberry bush with a worm in its mouth in the rain.

🪶 Parenting doesn’t stop for the rain!

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Always a risk!

I think O’Shea’s gully is the best route to climb Carauntoohill; the views going up the gully are amazing and the lake where you took this photo is spectacular

A Common Buzzard in side profile perched on a bare branch of an Oak tree, framed by the crown of the Oak

🪶 A Common Buzzard perched in an Oak tree looking for prey

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A close-up image of a small bird, a long-tailed tit, showing a fluffy, round face with detailed feathers. The bird has a pale white forehead and dark eyes set in a slightly stern expression, with streaked brown and grey plumage. Its sharp black beak is centered in the frame, and the background is a plain, soft brown, creating a strong contrast that highlights the bird’s intense gaze.

My bird today is the Long-Tailed Tit. Quite the face. 😍 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Oh yeah. I think that’s a female common blue damselfly; there were a lot of them around at the time

🪶 Dragon and damselflies I saw this week;
1. Banded Demoiselle on a lily pad
2. Common Darter
3. Black Tailed Skimmer
4. Common Blue Damselfly

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A goldfinch standing upright on a dandelion stem in an overgrown garden, the background is grass green peppered with daisies and dandelions.

🪶 One of three Goldfinches feeding on Dandelion seeds in my garden during the week.

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A young Mallard duckling in side profile

🪶 Had the pleasure of meeting some Mallard ducklings yesterday, no more than a week old I think.

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A sedge warbler in song, perched on dead, lichen covered branches with out of focus grass in the foreground

🪶 A singing Sedge Warbler

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Thank you!

A Female Black-tailed Skimmer perched on a flower stem eating a Common Blue Damselfly while another Common Blue harasses it

Male Banded Demoiselle resting on a leaf

Female Banded Demoiselle perched on a leaf

A metallic green Two-tone Reed Beetle (Donacia bicolora) with a black background

Insects I saw around the forest recently;

1. Female Black-tailed Skimmer eating a Common Blue Damselfly & being mobbed by another
2. Male Banded Demoiselle
3. Female Banded Demoiselle
4. Two-tone Reed Beetle

#dragonfly #dragonflies #insects #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #damselfly